Jackie Stanley

Take a deep breath and ease into contours of your life. Pause regularly and remind yourself to trust the process and know that if you stay the path, you will get to where you need to go.

Helen Keller’s life is a testament to the power of hope. When she was about two years old she contracted a disease that robbed her of both her sight and hearing.

At one time or another, we have all awakened to the sight of empty soda bottles, pizza boxes, candy bar wrappers, or ice cream containers strewn about our bedroom, den or kitchen and asked ourselves: “Did I really eat all that?”Rather than...

If you want to lose weight and live healthier, then before you grab for your jump rope or calorie counter, grab a pen and note pad and do some serious goal-planning.

1. Walking everyday promotes weight loss. If you move at a fairly brisk pace you can burn between 240 and 440 calories per hour of walking. This can translate into approximately one pound of weight loss per week or 52 pounds per year.2.

1. Drinking more water everyday will keep your skin looking smooth and supple. Applying expensive creams and lotions to your face is not an effective way to conceal the effects aging has on your skin.

Resolve + Enthusiasm = PowerThink for a moment about the highest mountain you ever climbed, the deepest valley you ever crossed, or the longest river you ever had to swim.

We have all heard the expression, “Where your heart is?, your treasure will be also.” Allow me to modify this tried and true wisdom, to create an equally valid point: “Where your thoughts are, your hips will be also.” What do...

One way to combat the boredom many people complain accompanies eating healthy is to “eat outside your box,” by experimenting with new foods and cuisines and by challenging your long held notions about what to eat and when.